Anonymous wrote:I like That Eureka starts simple in each module and very methodically builds up. DD just finished the first module, and the word problems she had to do toward the end were pretty complex, requiring her to figure out multiple steps to figuring out the math. It is definitely more challenging than 2.0, which didn’t seem to have much methodology behind it.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a mistake they made in the implementation of DL was not giving the Compacted 5/6 math students the "indoctrination" into Eureka math technique. You have to do it their way. Also, I think it is a mistake that they're grading students on aspects of this specific Eureka curriculum - like whether they can do a tape diagram. If they can solve the fraction problem, it should not matter whether they can do a tape diagram.

Finally the voice of reason! Your last sentence.

Except that pedagogically, you make the kid show steps and do it the boring way on the easy stuff because they’ll need to know the process for the hard stuff. In Algebra terms, I’ve had kids fight me on showing their work on one or two step equations because they did it in their head... but when we moved into multi-step equations, they were stuck.

Tape diagrams force kids to understand proportionality and orders of magnitude, and help also make that visual link between fractions and decimals... which is critically important in later years.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a mistake they made in the implementation of DL was not giving the Compacted 5/6 math students the "indoctrination" into Eureka math technique. You have to do it their way. Also, I think it is a mistake that they're grading students on aspects of this specific Eureka curriculum - like whether they can do a tape diagram. If they can solve the fraction problem, it should not matter whether they can do a tape diagram.

Finally the voice of reason! Your last sentence.

Anonymous wrote:I think a mistake they made in the implementation of DL was not giving the Compacted 5/6 math students the "indoctrination" into Eureka math technique. You have to do it their way. Also, I think it is a mistake that they're grading students on aspects of this specific Eureka curriculum - like whether they can do a tape diagram. If they can solve the fraction problem, it should not matter whether they can do a tape diagram.

Anonymous wrote:I am a compacted math teacher and I really like Eureka math and I love having the workbooks. It is much better than Curriculum 2.0, though it is definitely more challenging. All of my students who were successful last year are having equal success his year. However, I do have a few students that probably should have never been in the advanced class and are struggling. However, it is not with the new curriculum, just with math in general.

Might you be able to find a tutor with Eureka experience? Or could the tutor use the Succeed book so that he/she is using the same strategies? If the tutor is using the wrong strategies, that will hurt your son in trying to learn the with this curriculum. Also, I agree with PP's that you should look for Youtube videos. There are so many out there that will both show the lesson for the day, worth through the problem set, and go through any homework problems.

I would also encourage your DS to use the student support time to get extra help. That time is there for your child to ask for help.

I hope things get easier.

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Anonymous wrote:I let my kid skip all the stupid strategies and just do standard algorithm.
I try to make sure he knows word form to standard form translation.
Of course we learn key facts.
The plus of online learning is that we can skip stuff. Which we do

Don’t they have to show their work? DS only gets partial credit for the right answer, they are expected to show their steps and draw tape diagrams.

Anonymous wrote:We were in the same boat in the spring -daughter in compacted math and doing very well. When the switch occurred and the curriculum was abruptly switched to Eureka, my DD stopped being able to understand--likely due to the curriculum switch, the subject (fractions) and the lack of "real instruction". Our daughter didn't do well with the videos they had to watch and for whatever reason wasn't learning from the teacher. When this school year started-5th grade-and fractions became an issue again, we quickly hired a tutor. Unfortunately, the tutor isn't familiar with the eureka math curriculum but is at least able to expalain the problems in a way DD can understand. My DD has stopped crying about math and from what I can tell has regained her confidence in being able to do the work. I'd ask the school about the recordings--see if they can do what they're supposed to be doing.